Margaret Trump
- Born: 26 Aug 1842, Ohio
- Marriage: Henry Yocom Shirk circa 1861 in Ohio
- Died: 4 Sep 1914, Marshall Co., Indiana at age 72
 General Notes:
The 1850 Federal Census for Nimishillen, Stark Co., Ohio records Michael (33-Ohio) and Sarah (30-PA) Trump with children Cyrus (12-Ohio), Amos (10-Ohio), Margaret (8-Ohio), Amanda (6-Ohio), John (2-Ohio), and Sarah (4/12)-Ohio).
The 1860 Federal Census for Marlboro, Stark Co., Ohio records Michael (45-Ohio) and Sarah (45-PA) Trump (indexed as Frump at ancestry.com) with children Silas (21-Ohio), Amos (19-Ohio), Margaret (17-Ohio), Amanda (16-Ohio), John (12-Ohio), Sarah (12)-Ohio), Michael (4-Ohio), and Henry (2-Ohio). Michael is a farmer with real estate valued at $5,000 and personal property at $400.
Note: Silas Trump [Margaret's brother]
Enlistment Date: 15 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Unit Numbers: 1728 1728
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 15 August 1862 at the age of 23
Enlisted in Company H, 107th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 09 September 1862.
Wounded on 02 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA
Mustered out Company H, 107th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 10 July 1865 in Charleston, OH
Silas applies for a pension in 1874 as an invalid. His widow, Caroline, applies for a pension in 1904. Silas and Caroline are living in Walnut Township, Marchall Co., Indiana as of 1900.
Margaret married Henry Yocom Shirk, son of Samuel Shirk and Mary (Polly) Yocom, circa 1861 in Ohio. (Henry Yocom Shirk was born on 9 May 1832 in Berks Co., PA, died on 29 Dec 1918 in La Paz, North Township, Marshall Co., Indiana and was buried on 1 Jan 1919 in Fairmont Cemetery, North Township, Marshall Co., Indiana.)
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